Rock

Meaning

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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9. A place in Wales:
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11. The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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18. the Rock
19. (Australia) the Rock
20. the Rock
21. (Canada) the Rock

Synonyms

John Rock

Roch

Rocky

Translations

Rock

Rock

Rock

Ροκ

Ρόκκος

caillou

diam

roc

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roche

🪨

rocher

🪨

rock

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secousse

Rock

Rock

Rocco

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach.
* Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock.
* As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker.
* As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg.
* As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”).
* As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock.
Compare Roch.

Sentences

The Glen Rock Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade .